The much revered teacher turned out to be a talent scout in the employ of Stalin; the proponent of Poussin and Borromini turned out to be a spy.
As with Mahatma Gandhi or Mother Teresa, the myth will take over and the person will become a mere icon, hollowed out and revered, but little understood".
Is it revered by locals and out-of-towners alike?
No longer are only Pixar animations and action blockbusters getting the tricked-out treatment even revered directors like Martin Scorsese and Werner Herzog are embracing the trend.
Most crushing to Fela was that his elderly mother, whom he revered, was thrown out a window.
Many young Germans, it turns out, revere Mr. Guttenberg, partly, perhaps, because he pushed for a major overhaul of the military that would swap obligatory service for a volunteer force.
He was justly revered in the Palais, but out on the street no one had a kind word to say about him.
RALPH STANLEY AND FRIENDS As this mother lode of American art grows more revered, he's been pumping out the records -- not one of them mediocre, even if they're merely piles of duets with famous singers.
Sixty million olive trees occupy a quarter of Puglia's cultivated land, producing most of Italy's olive oil, with more than 1,000 mills processing the 53 different varieties of olive grown here – look out for the revered Collina di Brindisi, Dauno, Terra di Bari, Terra d'Otranto and Terre Tarantine.
